G/TBT/N/THA/656  
3 March 2022  
(22-1994) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  The Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from abov e:  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Adjuvant 
products and soil conditioner production  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Notification of the Committee on Labels, entitled Determination of Adjuvant Products and 
Soil Conditioner Products as Label -Contro lled Products (4 page(s), in English; 3 page(s), 
in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  For the reason that  adjuvant products and soil conditioner 
products are not included in the Fertilizer Act nor the Hazardous Substances Act, as well 
as in order to protect consumer rights, the Committee on Label, by virtue of the Consumer 
Protection Act B.E. 2522and as amend ed by the Consumer Protection Act (No.2), B.E. 
2551(2008), deems it necessary to designate plant enhancers and soil conditioner 
products as label -controlled products. Therefore, the use of statements, figure, artificial 
mark, or image, as appropriate, on t he product label claiming to have properties or have 
active ingredients to improve soil quality or promote plant growth, such as surfactants, 
additives, plant enhancers, chitosan, seaweed extracts and amino acids for plants, soil 
conditioners, and soil enh ancing substance, shall be in accordance to the elements in this 
draft, which is summarized as follows:  
1. Prescribing definition of additives products and soil conditioner products.  
2. Determination of additives products and soil conditioner products as label -controlled 
products.  
3. The Label of label -controlled products shall be specified the statement, figure artificial 
mark or image   as appropriate depending on the case. But such statement must be true, 
do not   cause misunderstanding in pro ducts. This regulation does not apply for products 
manufactured for export and for sale in Thailand.  
4. The detail of label -controlled products must be specified as follow clause 4 of this draft 
Notification such as name of category, name of trade mark, c hemical name, date of 
manufacture, date of expiration, warning etc.  
5. In the case the label can not be display as specified in Clause 3 and 4 of this draft 
Notification, it shall be displayed either the statement, figure, artificial mark or image in 
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  products or container or packaging of the product or in the documents or manuals to use 
accompanying with product.  
6. This notification shall enter into force after 120 days f ollowing the date of its publication 
in the Government Gazette onwards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  after 120 days following the date of its publication 
in the Government Gazette  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS)  
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao  
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900  
Thailand  
Tel: +(662) 561 4024  
Fax: +(662) 561 4034  
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites: http://www.acfs.go.th;   
 http://www.spsthailand.net/  
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